Microvenular hemangioma
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Microvenular hemangioma (also known as "Microcapillary hemangioma") is an acquired benign vascular
neoplasm that presents as an asymptomatic
, slowly growing, 0.5- to 2.0 cm reddish lesion
on the forearms or other sites of young to middle-aged adults.
Vascular
Vascular in zoology and medicine means "related to blood vessels", which are part of the circulatory system. An organ or tissue that is vascularized is heavily endowed with blood vessels and thus richly supplied with blood....
neoplasm that presents as an asymptomatic
Asymptomatic
In medicine, a disease is considered asymptomatic if a patient is a carrier for a disease or infection but experiences no symptoms. A condition might be asymptomatic if it fails to show the noticeable symptoms with which it is usually associated. Asymptomatic infections are also called subclinical...
, slowly growing, 0.5- to 2.0 cm reddish lesion
Lesion
A lesion is any abnormality in the tissue of an organism , usually caused by disease or trauma. Lesion is derived from the Latin word laesio which means injury.- Types :...
on the forearms or other sites of young to middle-aged adults.